"I challenge you to make it the best of both worlds"
- Pia Andrews
Report back status: Work in progress.
During the middle of the beginning of the covid pandemic, I was talking to friend, and occasional co-conspirator, Pia Andrews, about the challenges of facilitating hybrid workshops. I was frustrated. "It's the worst of both worlds!" I complained. Pia's challenge resonates in my mind like a buddhist gong.
The intent of facilitation is to "make meetings easier."
It's a people process that allows participants to focus on their goals, but there are three easy hacks anyone can make to have better meetings.
Last week I got a call from friend and colleague Pia Waugh - saying she needed some Plan C magic from Creative Contingencies. The Melbourne venue for the 3rd installment of Senator Lundy's Public Sphere event had fallen through with only 5 days to go. I called around some of my contacts, most of whom were booked out. But Trinity College not only came through with a suitable space, and great catering, but mobilised internal resources to put in place a wireless network with broadband access to the Internet where previously there was no such access. Wow.
Co-authored by Creative Contingencies's Peter Lieverdink.
